Raoof Hasan, head of an Islamabad-based think-tank, Pakistan’s position as a key player in the four-nation effort is largely focused on its much-touted influence over the Taliban, interest in genuine peace in the neighbouring country and perceived readiness to take on the so-called ‘irreconcilable’ militants.
In an OPED piece published in The News on Friday, he wrote the assumptions, and the hope associated with them, have either been blown away . . .
